Outside of console-only spinoffs to the original game, Far Cry is a Thematic Series where the games do not share a common story, main characters (only a few secondary characters), and settings. The environments featured in the games are exotic and beautiful, ranging from Pacific islands to the forests of Africa and the mountains of the Himalaya.
The games are known for featuring Wide-Open Sandbox gameplay in a wild environment, where players can encounter animals, drive vehicles, and fight enemies.
Crytek eventually developed their own Spiritual Successor to the original Far Cry, Crysis. The first work in the series was made by Crytek and published by Ubisoft, but subsequent entries are made entirely by Ubisoft due to a legal dispute, from which Ubisoft emerged with rights to the Far Cry name, whereas Crytek kept the engine they developed for it.
Far Cry is primarily a series of First-Person Shooter video games developed by Ubisoft.
